Lesson Plan 5

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Lesson Plan
Day 5
 Class/Subject: English ENG3U
 Topic: Reading for meaning
Topic and focus of this lesson:
Identifying the themes and topics of the play
 Broad goals to which this lesson contributes:
Reading for meaning
Specific outcomes for this lesson: R and LS: 1.3, 1.6, 2.3
Materials: the play
Agenda:
  1. Reading:A note on Nanabush, and pg.9-18 (group of 4 students reads to the class: 3 characters and the stage directions reader)
  2. Significance of Nanabush ( a central figure in Aboriginal mythology): any gender, trickster, and fluidity of the figure.
  3. Circle Talk: themes of the play.
  4. Group work: tableau of the themes from the play : gender, city vs. the rez, economics/money
  5. Acting choices: short debriefing on why students chose to illustrate the themes in the particular way.
Evaluation (formative):
Tableau will be evaluated by the teacher for the correspondence between the visual representation and the themes of the play.